Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, system and method for flow rate harmonization in electric submersible pump gas separators
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Application No.: US16346832Application Date: 2018-03-02
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Publication No.: US10794163B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Donn J. Brown , Thomas John Gottschalk
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: McGuirewoods, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2018/020716 WO 20180302
- International Announcement: WO2018/164962 WO 20180913
- Main IPC: E21B43/38
- IPC: E21B43/38 ; E21B43/12 ; F04D9/00 ; F04D13/10

Abstract:
An apparatus, system and method for flow rate harmonization in electric submersible pump (ESP) gas separators. A method for flow rate harmonization in ESP gas separators includes modifying flow of multi-phase well fluid through vent passages of a crossover when a flow rate of a centrifugal pump differs from a flow rate of a gas separator including the crossover, the gas separator serving as the fluid intake into the centrifugal pump. Flow of fluid through vent passages is modified by one of attaching flow sizing inserts into vent passages or production passages of the crossover, or by attaching a funnel to a crossover inlet. A gas separator system includes a series of interchangeable funnels attachable to a fluid entrance of a crossover of the gas separator, wherein interchanging the particular funnel attached to the crossover modifies flow rate output of the gas separator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190316452A1 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLOW RATE HARMONIZATION IN ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP GAS SEPARATORS Public/Granted day:2019-10-17
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